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Breaking Australia's love affair with the lump sum

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
As the population ages, Australia's three-pillar retirement system will find itself under unprecedented pressure. According to MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner, over the next decade about four million Australians will retire. An integral part ...

Aged care services under funded and set to worsen

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Aged care services in Australia are under funded and overcrowded at a moment when ageing population and social changes require a stronger system. "The aged care sector needs more funding, but the funding will have to be a blend between users who can ...

Generation Y busts SMSF age myth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... Macquarie Bank and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). The study found that 8.1% of Australia's adult population intend to set up an SMSF in the next three years. Of that 8.1%, 44% are under 30. Meanwhile, of those who have set up ...

Facebook usage in Australia going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... report. But just as Facebook usage increased, LinkedIn and Twitter usage fell by 1.2% and 5% respectively. Adcorp's population analysis noted that Facebook is consequently used by 52.8% of people living in Australia with LinkedIn attracting 15.8% and ...

Blue Sky invests $20m in Oak Tree retirement villages

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... conversions. The company plans to add three to five new villages each year thereafter. Blue Sky said Australia's ageing population is increasing demand in the sector, with the Retirement Village Association forecasting the need for 140,000 new ILUs over ...

AMP to buy stake in NZ power co from Brookfield

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... clients and managed funds. "We see significant opportunity for further growth in the business, with Powerco supplying key population growth regions in New Zealand," AMP Capital Global Head of Infrastructure Scott Davies said. "The strength of the Powerco ...

Aon Hewitt partners with EQT

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... give Aon Hewitt's financial adviser network access to EQT's estate planning and wills specialists. "Australia's ageing population and the transfer of wealth from baby boomers to their children and grandchildren means that estate planning is an area of ...

Gonski urges Australia to look long-term

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... purpose to meet the Commonwealth's superannuation liabilities in recognition of the funding problems posed by an ageing population. The fund's stated return target is 4.5%-5.5% above the Australian rate of inflation and it is prescribed that there be ...

Super charter should be enshrined in legislation: AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... be developed. The AIST also said non-financial issues should be addressed in the charter. "With the growing ageing population, AIST supports comments from the World Bank that there is a Fourth Pillar required for the ongoing success of superannuation ...

Australian millionaire numbers surge on strong economy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... individuals - those with greater than $30 million in investible assets - outpaced that of HNWs at 11%. Out of the global HNW population, 1% sits in the UHNW bracket. "The ultra high net worth market was hit hard in 2012 with the richest millionaires ...